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CVE-2017-14222

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14222 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FFmpeg versions prior to 3.3.3. Specifically, a missing End-of-File check in the read_tfra() function within libavformat/mov.c allows a specially crafted MOV file with a large "item_count" field but insufficient data to cause excessive CPU and memory consumption. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9cb4eb772839c5e1de2855d126bf74ff16d13382
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3996
securityfocus.com / bid/100701
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry